Extreme Contouring

This week in our Fundamentals of Make-Up and Hair Design lesson Kat showed us how to do extreme contouring. Extreme contouring is used to change the shape of the face and the bone structure. It is not a look you would wear on a daily basis. Make sure you don't cover up the face completely. Your skin texture should show and your skin has to breathe so don't make the face look unnatural and plastic. 

Kat's demonstration of extreme contouring

13th Oct 2014

First you want to put the primer, it will make the makeup application easier and it will last longer. Then you highligh the jaw, cheeks, nose and forehead, also don't forget the ears and the neck. Put a powder on top to set the base. When contouring, first use a lighter matte shade to define the areas you want to contour and then add a darker shade. It is always better to build up the colour than to put on too much. Contour the hollow areas of your face; yaw, cheek bones, eyes, nose, brow, and forehead. Use a matte shade as your bronzer and a shimmery as a highlighter. Highlight the brow bone, cheeks, cupids bow and forehead. 

I didn't go to the very extreme but you can clearly see which areas should be contoured/ highlighted.

My attempt 

Before and after 

13th Oct 2014